Woven fabric



Sept. 4-, 1951 M COHEN 2,566,482

WOVEN FABRIC Filed April 14, 1948 I! 12 13 If 7 .112

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Application April 14, 1948, Serial No. 21,051

3 Claims. 1

The present invention pertains to an improved Woven fabric particularly and especially designed for use as a lining for garments such as mens and boys coats, vests, and trousers, and womens and girls coats, skirts, and jackets, or in fact any garment which is either fully or only partially lined.

Because of the fabrics heretofore available garments designed for summer weather have not provided the greatest possible comfort due to the fact that the fabric with which they are lined, or partially lined as the case may be, has not provided sufficient circulation of air through the garment lining with the result that there has been insuflicient air circulation to aid in the evaporation of perspiration and heat from the bodies of the wearers of the garments.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a fabric of a novel and improved weave which is provided with adequate passageways for the passage of air yet at the same time constitutes a fabric having sufficient body to serve properly and acceptably as a lining material for garments.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a fabric of the nature set forth above which is of a continuous weave and which is of light weight and presents a slippery surface so that the use of the fabric in a garment as a lining therefor permits the garment to slip on the body of the wearer with ease because of the reduction of friction.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an improved fabric presenting a design or appearance wherein there are alternately and definitely positioned closely woven fabric portions having in them a plurality of stripes or bands of diagonal twill and square portions of the fabric having therein definitely positioned air passageways of considerable size and area.

Other objects of the invention and novel features of the construction of the fabric and the advantages obtained from the use of the fabric as a lining for garments will more fully appear from the following description when read in the light of the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an enlarged schematic illustration in a plan view of the front or face of a piece of fabric embodying the invention.

Fig. .2 is a view in front elevation of a mans coat, a portion of which is broken away, and which illustrates the adaptation of the fabric as a lining for the garment.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a piece of fabric embodying the invention,

Although the present invention is not limited to the use of yarn or thread of any particular nature it is anticipated that the fabric will be woven from a yarn of the nature of rayon or a yarn which is slippery or shiny in nature and the yarn will be of very fine count.

The object of the invention is the provision of a fabric which has sufficient body to serve the desired purposes yet provides a very high degree of porosity and a slippery surface. The design of the fabric to accomplish this result is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings and is composed of a plurality of what I term blocks or squares A and B which are alternately positioned both longitudinally and transverse the fabric.

Specific description of the manner in which this fabric is woven will follow with particular reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The use of the fabric as a lining for garments will be obvious to those skilled in the art. An illustration of one such use appears in Fig. 2 wherein the fabric, designated as an entirety as C. is shown in use in a mans coat D.

Having reference to Fig. 1 the warp threads of a lustrous yarn woven into the improved fabric are numbered 1 to 24 while the weft threads are numbered 25 to 48 inclusive.

Two fabric blocks A and B and the manner in which they are woven are illustrated. Referring first to the blocks A the manner of interweave of the warp threads I to [2 and the weft threads 3'. to 43 is clearly illustrated. This weave results in the provision of nine square passageways E each of which is of considerable size while at the marginal edges of the block there is on each dimension of the block three passageways F of reduced size. Intermediate the large passageways E and therefore completely surrounding them the threads are closely woven to provide stripes or lines G which although giving some porosity to the fabric this porosity is not great in amount.

The fabric block portions B are woven to provide parallel spaced diagonally extending stripes H of twill weave and these increase the slipperiness of the surface of the fabric. These diagonally extending twill weave stripes are separated by stripes J of ordinary weave which is not ex tremely tight so that these stripes permit the passage of some air and add to the general porosity of the fabric.

Referring to the block B in the upper left-hand corner of Fig. 1 two parallel lines 49 and 5 5) have been drawn for the purpose of illustrating how the diagonal twill weave is accomplished. Between these lines is the center diagonal stripe of the twill. Here it will be seen that that portion of each of the warp threads between the lines 49 and 50 extend over three weft threads. The result of this weave is the provision of the center diagonally extending twill stripe I-I. Between each of the twill stripes the weave is conventional in nature, that is, the warp and weft threads are alternately carried over and under one another. A fabric made in accordance with the present invention provides a novel fabric extremely well adapted for use as a lining material for garments. The fabric presents a design of pleasing appearance and of light weight and of high porosity and having a slippery surface. Those portions of the fabric which are conventional and comparatively tight weave give to the fabric a body and strength adequate for the purposes for which the fabric is intended in use.

I claim:

1. A textile fabric composed of lustrous yarn woven together to form blocks, a plurality of said blocks each provided with large passageways arranged in lines across the block to render the block highly porous, the portions of said fabric surrounding said passageways being comparatively tightly woven, a plurality of blocks each of which has a twill weave interconnected by fabric portions comparatively tightly woven in conventional square weave, and the porous blocks and the blocks embodying twill weave being alternately arranged in lines extending transverse and longitudinally of the fabric.

2. A textile fabric composed of lustrous yarn woven together to form blocks, a plurality of said blocks each provided with large passageways arranged in lines across the block to render the block highly porous, the portions of said fabric surrounding said passageways being comparatively tightly woven, a plurality of blocks each of which has a twill weave interconnected by fabric portions comparatively tightly woven in conventional square weave, the porous blocks and the blocks embodying twill weave being alternately arranged lines extending transverse and longitudinally of the fabric, the porous blocks and twill weave carrying blocks all being woven from continuous and unbroken threads, and each type of block having a similar number of warp and weft threads.

3. A textile fabric composed of lustrous yarn woven together to form blocks, alternate of said blocks being provided with large passageways arranged in lines across the block to provide large air passageways, the portions of said fabric surrounding said passageways being comparatively tightly woven, the other alternate blocks each provided with a plurality of diagonally extending parallel strips of float threads interconnected by fabric portions comparatively tightly woven in conventional square weave, said float threads strips being formed by carrying the warp threads alternately under a weft thread then over three of the weft threads and then under a weft thread, and all of said blocks being woven from continuous and unbroken threads.

NORMAN M. COHEN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the :'.'-le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 928,642 Elliott July 20, 1909 2,359,953 Whewell et a1. Oct. 10, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS N amber Country Date 1,247 Great Britain of 1862 OTHER REFERENCES Advanced Textile Design by William Watson, 2d edition, 1925, London, page 268.

Technology of Textile Design by Posselt, London, 1896, p. 236. 

